Cannabis News

Eric Allan Brown, age 27 from Redding, and Samuel O'Dennell Barton, 24 from Arcata, are being held on $265,000 bail for multiple offenses relating to marijuana cultivation on public land in the Six Rivers National Forest. According to a press release from the Trinity County Sheriff's Office, dated June 26, 2013, Officers entered a grow site, acting on information that unknown subjects had been stealing water from the town of Slayer.

At the site, Officers reportedly observed an area that had been clear cut and found planter boxes that had been constructed out of the trees from the clear cut. Officers located a tent on the property from which a pitbull mix dog emerged that bit an Officer's K9 in the face and then reportedly threatened the Officers. The pitbull was subsequently shot and killed by Officers on the scene. Brown and Barton were found inside the tent along with a loaded pistol. The suspects were arrested and transported to Trinity County Jail.

Just ahead of Earth Day 2013, the Humboldt Institute for Interdisciplinary Marijuana Research (HIIMR) hosted an Earthday Symposium on Marijuana and Environment. The event, held on the Humboldt State University Campus on April 19 and 20, 2013, attracted policymakers, grassroots environmental organizations, activists, scientists, students, and community members.

According to a description of the symposium on the HIIMR website, "We are at a critical juncture regarding marijuana policy in the United States, where the shifting legal and political landscape requires policymakers, environmental organizations, researchers, and growers to adapt quickly. Panelists will share their expertise and insights around the multitude of environmental issues related to the marijuana industry â€“ whether it be climate harming reliance on indoor growing nationwide, or the local Northern California issues of fish and wildlife protections, land use policy, water quality, forest degradation, and other environmental impacts."

Use the players below to hear or download the audio from each of the presentations/panels. The audio was provided by KMUD News Correspondent, Eric Black.

Earthday Symposium on Marijuana and EnvironmentFriday, April 19,10:30 â€“ 12:30 pm-Stories from the Frontlines:Reporting on the Culture and Practice of Marijuana AgriculturePanelists:Mikal Jakubal, Plants for the PeopleKym Kemp, Reporter, Lost Coast OutpostEmily Brady, author of Humboldt Life on Americaâ€™s Marijuana FrontierKerry Reynolds, KMUDNote: the sound at the start is a bit rough on this clip but clears up quickly.

3:00 â€“ 3:50 pm-Ecological Data:What Do We Know? What Do We Need To Know?Panelists:Brad Job, Bureau of Land ManagementSarah Schremmer, Sociology Department, HSUScott Bauer, Department of Fish and Wildlife

A social work research study recently published in the International Journal of Drug Policy finds that children living in homes where marijuana is cultivated do not suffer from adverse health effects at any greater rate than do comparable children in cannabis-free environments.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23453301

Chronic cannabis consumers may test positive for trace, residual levels of THC in their blood, even after abstaining from cannabis use for several weeks. This is according to clinical trial data published in the journal of the American Association of Clinical Chemistry.

A new study published online in Diabetes Care finds that chronic cannabis smoking can induce subtle metabolic changes that include increased visceral adiposity (also known as belly fat) and increased body fat insulin resistance. The study found no evidence, however, of an association between chronic cannabis smoking and more severe metabolic impairment.http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/781741

Cannabis Science Update is a regular feature of the KMUD radio show, Cannabis Consciousness (1:30-3:00pm on the first Sun. of every month), and is written by Kerry Reynolds, read by Harold Day, and recorded by Dave Smith.

A survey conducted by the Pew Research Center between March 13-17, among 1,501 adults, shows that for the first time in more than forty years of polling on the issue, a majority of Americans now favor legalizing the use of marijuana. The survey indicates that 52% say that the use of marijuana should be made legal, while 45% say it should not. This represents an increase of 11 percentage points in those favoring legalization since 2011. Young people between the ages of 18 and 32 polled the highest, with 65% in support, up from just 36% in 2008.

Additionally, within the Baby Boomer group (those born between 1946 and 1964), 50% now favor legalizing marijuana, among the highest percentages ever. In past studies, statistics have fluctuated in the Boomer group. For example, in 1978, 47% of Boomers favored legalizing marijuana, but support fell during the 1980s reaching a low of 17% in 1990. However, since 1994 the percentage of Boomers favoring marijuana legalization has more than doubled, going from 24% to 50%.

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